Royal REBELLION ups the ante against Koshyari!

Mumbai: For the past few days, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been the focal point of politics in the state. His comments on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj have already united opposition parties against Koshyari and the BJP, with their demand that he be ousted from the state. Now, the protests against Koshyari have received a shot in the arm with the threat of a “rebellion”, courtesy Shivaji’s descendant— Sambhaji Raje Chhatrapati—of the erstwhile royal family of Kolhapur.

Sambhaji Raje has also taken an aggressive stand against Governor Koshyari and stressed that no action has yet been taken against Koshyari after his controversial statement about Shivaji. He has warned the BJP and the Central government that “there will be a rebellion if the government does not understand the sentiments of the devotees of Shivaji.” Raje, a former Rajya Sabha MP who has a massive public following, has once again demanded Koshyari’s resignation while threatening of agitation in the state. “No action has been taken against Bhagat Singh Koshyari. Does the absence of action mean that the rulers agree with the statements made by him? No one should take the people of Maharashtra lightly,” he said in a tweet.